Lombok Kethok (Java Style Stir Fried Chilies) Recipe

This is my second time to do a guest post for another Malaysian blogger. Thank you to Ann for the opportunity.  Unfortunately, I kept po...

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Pecel (Java Style Salad with Peanut Sauce) Recipe

As other Indonesian salads, pecel is enjoyed with a company of warmed cooked rice or lontong, other protein sources (such as fish, chicken, ...

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Siomay Bandung (Bandung Style Steamed Dumplings with Peanut Sambal) Recipe

From the name siomay, you can tell this food had an influence from the Chinese who immigrated to Indonesia long time ago.  A word of sioma...

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Kecipir - Winged Bean

Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is a member of the legume family, has a pod which in cross-section looks like a rectangle with a f...

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Sambal Pencok - Sambal Terasi with Long Green Beans

Another dish that I used to have when I still lived in my parents' house.  I wasn't aware of this dish's name until Renny told ...

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Sambal Terasi with Bilimbi

Growing up in the country where sambal is in every corner of food stalls or restaurants, I enjoy making my own sambal since moving to Canada...

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Sambal Tumpang (Java Style Old Tempe Sambal)

Tempe or tempeh is an Indonesian soybean cake. In order making sambal tumpang, you need tempe semangit. Semangit is derived from a word ...

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Kakul Mekuah (Bali Style Freshwater Snail Soup)

Kakul is the Balinese term for freshwater snail. In Indonesian term, it's known as keong sawah. As you may notice that Indonesia is a ...

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Sate Ayam Madura (Madura Style Chicken Sat�)

Sate Ayam Madura is one of the classic sates that I grew up with. Sate is a very popular delicacy in Indonesia; Indonesia�s diverse ethnic ...

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Cassava Cheese Cake (Kue Singkong Keju) Recipe

Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc, is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America. ...

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Lontong (Rice Cake)

First and foremost, I'd like to say "Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians". This Monday is a Canadian Thanksgiving. Lontong is...

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Mie Sop Ayam Medan (Medan-Style Chicken Noodle Soup) Recipe

With many different style of chicken noodle soup in the country (depend on the region off course), this one was not the soup that I grew up....

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Kecap Manis

Kecap manis [pronounced: ketchup MAH-nees] is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce  and ubiquitous ingredient in Indonesian cooking especially Java...

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Duri Durian(g) - Makassarese Durian Tarts

This sweet treat has two slightly different name in bahasa Indonesia, Duri Duriang or Duri Durian which literally translated to English as...

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Gulai Cubadak (Nangka) - Minangese Green Jackfruit Curry

Among the Minangese (West Sumatrans), jackfruit is called cubadak.  When other Indonesians call this fruit nangka.  The unripe or green jack...

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Lontong Sayur Padang for the Eid

First and foremost, I thanked you whoever joined my lunch invitation at Eid yesterday.  Every eid, I usually cook a special menu that I bare...

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Panada (Manadonese Tuna Stuffed Bread/Pastry) Recipe

Panada is very similar to Spanish/Portuguese empanada and Jamaican patty. I believe this dish was first introduced by either Portuguese or ...

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Cakalang Pampis - Manadonese Skipjack Tuna Floss

Cakalang Pampis or Tuna Floss ala Manado can accompany with warm cooked rice or as a filling for panada. Panada is very closed to Spanish ...

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Cantik Manis - Indonesian Sweet Pretty Cake

Cantik means pretty while manis means sweet. It's straight forward translated from its name. Even though the name is cantik manis, I r...

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Binte Biluhuta - Milu Siram - Gorontalo Corn Soup

Anybody remember the folk song of binte bilihuta? It's not only a song title, binte biluhuta is a corn soup from Gorontalo. Gorontalo ...

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